Not Your Sweetie

No Child Left Behind - Shaking them Down for Lunch Money

Free lunches may end for some pupils
Bush administration reviews school program,
might require parents to prove they're
poor
By Lisa FriedmanWASHINGTON BUREAU - Oakland Tribune
WASHINGTON -- There will be no free lunch for
kids whose parents can't
prove they're poor enough to deserve one under
a policy being considered
by the Bush administration.

In its 2004 budget proposal to be released in
February, the White House is
expected to demand that low-income parents
prove how much they earn
before their children are allowed to eat free
or reduced-cost lunches at
school. The move is aimed at cutting an
estimated $1 billion annually in
waste."